we had an excellent time and will def consider both cruises and land based vacations in the future....each had its positive and negatives, but the land based vacation is missing that little magical something that comes with a cruise...its hard to describe, sort of a feeling in your stomach, that nothing but a cruise has....maybe its because being on a huge ship is so different and special when compared to normal life, that it just cant be replicated on land....as good as the entertainment and staff was at our resort, i think the cruises were just slightly more polished....so, like i said, we loved our AI resort experience, but are certainly not done with cruising

though, i must say, not being hit by a bar bill at the end of the trip sure was nice.....